Siroilas Sketchbook

Hello everyone

I have this dream of being able to tell stories using the comic book medium. This last year I've just decided to move my skills from an below average level to a good one. I know it's going to take Time and Hard Work. But the game is ON! So please, leave comments, critics, anything that you think it might help me to make this dream come true.

This sketchbook is mostly an effort from ME to keep MYSELF in check! I want to post at least something every day. I want to work one day for the French/Belgium Bande Dessine market, doing my own books and make a living with it. Too ambitious? Yes I think it is. It's going to take a while? I don't mind if it does. I just want to keep improving and improving and have fun with it meanwhile.

So, Thank you in advance for any comment you leave, and Welcome to my first digital Sketchbook

24 - 7 - 2010

Here's my small efforts for today. I did a couple of 30 sec poses from posemaniacs (I do them on my wacom because I find really hard to draw in it, So I have to do it.) Then I tried some poses of my own, each 2m30. Then there's some drawings I did from photos, and finally I did a painting study from a photo. Please do leave some advice or critic. Thanks.

25-07-2010

Here's my stuff for today. Some 30 sec poses from posemaniacs. Two drawings from photos (I tried to do these as much detail as I can. But my main goal is to understand better values and textures), and a painting I finally finished.

Hey dude! Rock on! Good to see you here Studies are looking great! Keep those up like you have before cause thats the sure way to learn my friend. That photo study in the first post looks like a big improvement! Keep doing these regularly!
The digi paint at the end is pretty cool too! Dont forget about atmospheric perspective and soften the edges on the horizon and maybe create a gradient around there where u can see the sky/ sea fades off to so we get more depth. Keep rocking cause I'll be keeping an eye in here!

03 - 08 - 2010

@DonovanGonzalez - Thanks! I find them really useful to try to exercise imagination. Please, any critique is welcome

@jskotte - Thanks! I wish I knew a bit more on how to work on that underwater scene. I think it has potential but I'm way out of my league trying to understand how light and colour works there. Please do keep droping by.

I had a couple of days without updating, so here's one update. Some time ago I had a couple of characters and an idea for a story. I decided to bring them back and these are two sketches I did just to help me get the feeling back for the story. I'll probably work more on this idea in the next weeks.

2010-08-16

@Arbor - Thanks To be honest I'm a bit glad with these environments because I'm not that good at doing them. Actually the very next day I've tried to repeat the process and everything came out really bad. Anyway, I'll keep trying of course. Thanks for your comment.

These next pages are from a comic book I was doing some years ago and that never got finished. I was going through the old stuff and decided to colour one page just for the fun of it. I think some of my drawing was better then. I think the colouring is not a good one but I don't really know how to make it better. Any tip is welcome.

Thought Id give your thread a bump by posting the crits I already gave you for the bird piece:

Some improvements in this one dude! You have some harder edges which is great to see! The eagle is looking goood. With the other bird,you can match it's values overall better. The head and its upper body is more rich in contrast but its lower body is faded off in colour and value so it doesnt look like its part of the same creature. The background can be more suggestive too. Afterall the main focus are the two birds, the background should compliment them, Im finding the darks of the tree is conflicting with the darks in the eagle. So if the background is not as important then you can lower the details in there and tone down the contrast (the trees are quite dark and the sky is quite light so they create a lot of contrast but are not the focus). This really is choosing your lightest lights and darkest darks more carefully. Also the cropping can be changed too. I wouldnt crop the wings off the eagle and the small bird like that. Id cut the bottom off and add more space at the top. The action is going upwards so you should leave space for them to move into.

Hi, some more studies from reference and a couple more thumb-exercises. Just trying to get more familiar with using all the menus available for the brushes in photoshop. thanks in advance for any critic.

28-09-2010

@xxPurple Nugxx - Thanks a lot!! I'm glad you like it. I'm always thinking that I should do more and more studies with the pencil. I can really feel they help me a lot. I wish I would do them more often. Thanks a lot for your comment and do drop by whenever.

One more try at kids illustration. Cheesy, but I'm feeling cheesy lately so it's alright

28-10-2010

This one is a frustration. I don't like to leave them halfway but I really want to work on a certain style right now, and this one is delaying me a bit. I should be working on something else. I'll leave this one as it is and I'll probably come back to it later. So for now, this is a work in progress.

23/11/2010

I wish I had more time for this one.
This is my first Chow entry.

This is Atomic. Born from a cold fusion accident, his heart was turned to a giant Atom. He decided that he could use this new power to help fighting the villains and corruption in his city. Unfortunately his main enemies had a wicked sense of humour, and therefore his name was written in the pages of History as Mr Golden Pants!!! The Humanity!!!!

i just love ur work i dont know why!!! u can paint realistic.. u can paint cartoon... u can do anything ... lovely work

i love to do everything and learn everything... i hate to be cornered in one place.. i believe u can be anything u want... Your mind is limitless... check out my sketchbook ... u will find a bit of everything